The AP has always been a joke, but this week's poll takes the cake. Lets looks at 7 of the 1 loss teams in the poll this week.
You can break those 7 into 2 groups. 3 of those teams (Florida, LSU and Kentucky) have played half their games against teams ranked in the top 25 this week. All three have gone 2-1 in those games. All three have also easily won the 3 games they've played against non-ranked teams.
4 of those teams (Washington, Penn State, Oklahoma and Michigan) have played 1 game against a team ranked in the top 25 this week, and all 4 lost that game. In addition, all 4 have struggled mightily against at least one of the unranked teams they played with one needing overtime to beat Army.
So how does the AP view these teams? All of the 4 teams with no wins against ranked teams are ranked ahead of the three teams with 2 wins against ranked teams. In addition, when you look at those three, Kentucky beat Florida and Florida beat LSU. So how does the AP view them? LSU ahead of Florida who is ahead of Kentucky.
Its a total sham, but it still pisses me off. Bottom line is we should be ranked higher based on our body of work this season. None of this really matters. I just love that I have a reason to defend my team in the national spotlight for the first time in years.
Its so great to matter again!